• Obelix@feddit.org
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    20 hours ago

    Germany alone is importing around 85-100 billion Euros of fossil fuels every year. That is a lot of money and a lot of that money is going to american oil barons. It makes sense that they are trying to sabotage our efforts to be climate neutral, because they really don’t want us producing our own energy on our roofs or with wind turbines on local hills. Me having solar on my roof is a nightmare for some billionaire in Texas, some Saudi sheik or that guy in the Kreml.

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      17 hours ago

      For the EU it is about four times as much as for Germany alone. So 340-400illion€ depending on oil, gas and coal prices. Also if successful it could inspire change in other countries. Not to mention lobbying due to climate change.